Friday, April 16, 2010
Twelve Years Ago Today....
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Easter Redux, in Photos
I've been so busy the past two weeks that I'm *just* getting to posting about our Easter! It was a very nice holiday, and the Easter Bunny was very generous with the boys. Due to flooding at my parents house, I hosted dinner and my Mom came early to cook. It was a really nice day!
The Big Kid on one of his three egg hunts this year!
Will "posing" with his friends Sydney and Toby at the egg hunt
Dyieng Easter Eggs. Well....Mommy did the dyeing, Will decorated with stickers
Nana posing with our little bunny rabbit :)
Mommy and her bunnies
Uncle Brian holding his godson
Auntie Kim, Mommy and "Uncle" Matt. Matt's actually my cousin, but Will calls him Uncle Matt. He adores playing with Matt!
The Bunny Parents
Auntie Kim and Uncle Brian...and Sean not willing to cooperate with having his photo taken.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Time Flies, in Photos
Seriously where does the time go? Sean turned three months over the weekend. Can't believe it! He is one smiley guy....in the mornings Brian goes in to him while I'm getting ready for work and he's all coos and smiles.
And check out the Big Kid.....lately Will looks a lot older to me than three years old! He's always running somewhere and telling me "Mommy I've got a great idea!"
Speaking of pictures, we took the boys for photos last week at Sears. Will got pretty tired of it after a while, and refused to hold Sean for the photos. They got some good ones, though. I would never want a job at the portrait studio, I give our photographer all the credit in the world with how she handled Will's antics. Just knowing that she has to deal with active and sometimes cranky kids, yet turns them into beautiful work is awing. While we were there, we got their passport photos taken. (For a stop in Canada later this summer) To quote my favorite comedienne, Erma Bombeck: "When you look like your passoport photo it's time to go home!" These two....they look like they've already been and they want to go home, now!!
And check out the Big Kid.....lately Will looks a lot older to me than three years old! He's always running somewhere and telling me "Mommy I've got a great idea!"
Speaking of pictures, we took the boys for photos last week at Sears. Will got pretty tired of it after a while, and refused to hold Sean for the photos. They got some good ones, though. I would never want a job at the portrait studio, I give our photographer all the credit in the world with how she handled Will's antics. Just knowing that she has to deal with active and sometimes cranky kids, yet turns them into beautiful work is awing. While we were there, we got their passport photos taken. (For a stop in Canada later this summer) To quote my favorite comedienne, Erma Bombeck: "When you look like your passoport photo it's time to go home!" These two....they look like they've already been and they want to go home, now!!
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Three Years Post-LASIK....
....and do I need glasses again?
In becoming knit-obsessed in the last six months, I've noticed a peculiar thing. If I sit and knit for like 20 minutes, totally focused on my work, when I look away my eyesight is blurry. Sometimes it only takes less time than that. I can see distance-wise, but if I try to read something, it's blurry. Very weird! I had LASIK three years ago to correct my nearsightedness and now I'm going to have farsight issues? I had glasses for 20 years, dumped them and then three years later? That hardly seems fair. I mean, I knew I'd eventually need reading glasses, as it's an age thing as well as the muscles around the eye that cause that, LASIK can't fix that.
Huh. Well, I'm sure as hell not giving up knitting! I've got Christmas gifts to make. And a swap package to send out in the weeks ahead. And a bag liner to sew. Augh, this sucks. :P
In becoming knit-obsessed in the last six months, I've noticed a peculiar thing. If I sit and knit for like 20 minutes, totally focused on my work, when I look away my eyesight is blurry. Sometimes it only takes less time than that. I can see distance-wise, but if I try to read something, it's blurry. Very weird! I had LASIK three years ago to correct my nearsightedness and now I'm going to have farsight issues? I had glasses for 20 years, dumped them and then three years later? That hardly seems fair. I mean, I knew I'd eventually need reading glasses, as it's an age thing as well as the muscles around the eye that cause that, LASIK can't fix that.
Huh. Well, I'm sure as hell not giving up knitting! I've got Christmas gifts to make. And a swap package to send out in the weeks ahead. And a bag liner to sew. Augh, this sucks. :P
Potty Time
Now that I'm past the first week of work (and I made it through without a scratch) the weekend is here. And with this weekend comes the renewed effort in Will's potty training efforts.
I'm still reading the Potty training book that's been recommended to me many times (and Mom Brain is why the title escapes me at the moment) I went on a reward scouting trip at Target last night and came home with two bags of M&M's and ten Matchbox cars. I'm ready. He appears ready. And school starts in September and Bubby must be potty-trained in order to attend.
Game on!
I'm still reading the Potty training book that's been recommended to me many times (and Mom Brain is why the title escapes me at the moment) I went on a reward scouting trip at Target last night and came home with two bags of M&M's and ten Matchbox cars. I'm ready. He appears ready. And school starts in September and Bubby must be potty-trained in order to attend.
Game on!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Meet "The Mufflers"
Will ran up to me just as I was coming into the house last night, getting home from my knitting group. "Mommy! Do you want to see the Mufflers?" I couldn't figure out what he was talking about! I come out to the family room, and Brian's holding Sean and entertaining Will with Youtube videos. (Very effectively, I might add) Ahhh......it's not the Mufflers, it's the Muppets! So we all watched Muppet videos, and when Kermit came up I asked Will if he knew who that was. What, he has no idea who Kermit the Frog is????? So we had a little introduction and now he adores the Muppets. I did too, at his age.
Here's my favorite muppet video from last night:
Here's my favorite muppet video from last night:
Friday, April 2, 2010
Last Day of Leave
Well, it's here. The thing I've been dreading for about two weeks.
The last day of maternity leave. My last day with the boys, before I rejoin the world of working folks. I'll be back at the helm come Monday. :(
I started the boys at daycare this week, because I wanted to have a chance to getting them (and mostly me) used to going. That, and I hoped that it would make sort of a schedule and allow me to (try to) get out of the house "on time" in the AM. We didn't do too badly, but Will is a bit pokey like he always has been. I love that toddler imagination and the places that it takes him! But in the mornings when I'm pleading with him to not take off his shoes to "get in his spaceship" (AKA the bathroom), not so much. Plus, on Monday Brian and I had a day just for us. And the rest of the week I had to myself!! I made a bunch of appointments, went to the library without someone tugging me in the direction of the kids' DVD's, and knitted. Knitted to my heart's content. I don't have much to show for that knitting, as I was working on a VERY frustrating project that I finally just put to the wayside. Not every project is meant to be, though I'm annoyed that a pattern got the best of me. Instead, I am working on my first sweater! It's a denim blue sweater for Sean, and I'm really excited about it.
Oops, I got a bit off-topic. So yes, back to the grind on Monday. I'm happy to be able to get out of the house every day (maternity leave in winter is a bit bleak sometimes) and have adult conversation. But I feel pulled in a few different directions: I lack a bit of confidence about my job at this moment in time, which I'm hoping will dissipate once I'm there for a bit. And I want to stay home with my baby boy! I know from experience that this will get easier with time.
So for my last day of maternity leave, I am going to an Easter Egg Hunt with my boys. My first outing alone with two kids. I picked something that I won't care as much if Will runs off from me, since it's in a gym. And we're sure to have a blast.
The last day of maternity leave. My last day with the boys, before I rejoin the world of working folks. I'll be back at the helm come Monday. :(
I started the boys at daycare this week, because I wanted to have a chance to getting them (and mostly me) used to going. That, and I hoped that it would make sort of a schedule and allow me to (try to) get out of the house "on time" in the AM. We didn't do too badly, but Will is a bit pokey like he always has been. I love that toddler imagination and the places that it takes him! But in the mornings when I'm pleading with him to not take off his shoes to "get in his spaceship" (AKA the bathroom), not so much. Plus, on Monday Brian and I had a day just for us. And the rest of the week I had to myself!! I made a bunch of appointments, went to the library without someone tugging me in the direction of the kids' DVD's, and knitted. Knitted to my heart's content. I don't have much to show for that knitting, as I was working on a VERY frustrating project that I finally just put to the wayside. Not every project is meant to be, though I'm annoyed that a pattern got the best of me. Instead, I am working on my first sweater! It's a denim blue sweater for Sean, and I'm really excited about it.
Oops, I got a bit off-topic. So yes, back to the grind on Monday. I'm happy to be able to get out of the house every day (maternity leave in winter is a bit bleak sometimes) and have adult conversation. But I feel pulled in a few different directions: I lack a bit of confidence about my job at this moment in time, which I'm hoping will dissipate once I'm there for a bit. And I want to stay home with my baby boy! I know from experience that this will get easier with time.
So for my last day of maternity leave, I am going to an Easter Egg Hunt with my boys. My first outing alone with two kids. I picked something that I won't care as much if Will runs off from me, since it's in a gym. And we're sure to have a blast.
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